Dr. Andy Wen is an assistant professor Music at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, a Selmer Clinician, and former Treasurer of the North American Saxophone Alliance (1997-2001). He is listed three times in Who's Who Among America's Teachers , included in the second edition of Saxophonists and Their Music: 1844-2004 and was a featured Guest Artist in the Saxophone Journal in 2005. In conjunction with master classes at the Taiwan Cultural and Taiwan Normal Universities, Andy presented the first saxophone recital in the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. He presented solo recitals at the Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth World Saxophone Congresses in, Japan, Spain, and Canada, respectively, and a quartet concert at the Ninth Congress. He was one of twelve Americans selected to present a lecture/recital at the Etats Generaux Mondiaux du Saxophone , held in France in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the invention of the saxophone. Andy has performed solo recitals and presented master classes across the country.
Andy was the 1990 MTNA-Wurlitzer National Collegiate Artist Competition national winner. As a soloist, Andy has appeared with the Del Mar College Orchestra, Millersville University Symphonic Band, Ohio University Orchestra, on tour with the University of Arkansas at Monticello Symphonic Band and at the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA) National Convention where he premiered An Appeal Amid the Razing for alto saxophone and band, by L. A. Logrande. This work was written for Andy Wen and the UAM Symphonic Band.
Andy has been involved in the premieres of several works including those by David Baker, Larry Bell, Sy Brandon, James Chaudoir, Neil Flory, Fred Fox, Michel Fuste-Lambezat, John Harbison, David Keckley, Christian Lauba, L. A. Logrande, Kevin McKinney, Robert Newell, and many others. Several of these works were written for Andy Wen .
Andy has received degrees while studying with Jean-Marie Londeix, Allyn Reilly, Eugene Rousseau, and Kenneth Fischer. |
